Vanity case and compact-holding ring



Aug. 19, 1930. w. G. KEN-DALL .VANITY CASE AND COMPACT HQLDI NG RINGFiled May 4. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 wlTNssEs Aug. 19, 1930. w. G. KENDALLA VANITY CASE AND COMPACT HOLDING RING Filedr May 4. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet2 INVENTOR y zwlp'm aJndqzL ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 19, 193@ imi-WYILLIAMe. KENDALLQQF NEWARK; New' JERSEY VANITY CASEA'NDCOMPACT-HOLDING' RING Appiicatienined May/i, 1928; serial No. 275,159.

This invention relates to vanityfcases and` particularly to animprovedvanit'ycasein?-y cluding a compact. plateholding ring, the;object. being to provide an; improvedgl Con- .l struction conformingv tothe; demands kof the purchasingn public: and at; thev samef.timepresenting a formation which will disengageably hold a compact? in'proper; position for use.

Another' obj ect ot theinvention is to prof vide a compact plate holdingring formed with means for removably4 holding a: vcompact plate withinthe Vring and atcthesaine'time holding the ring removablyfinthe vanitycase. t

A further object is: to* provide a', holding ring providedv with a,hinge` extension: for hingedly Vmounting the ring ini the vanity case.

pact plate holding ringl whereiny clamping means are provided whichcoact with the ring?VV for permitting a compact? plate tobe slidiintoposition or slid out` of the ring;Y

In theaccompanying dra-wingsV-A f Figurev 1v is a top planxview of avanity casey ldisclosing.; an embodiment ofi the invention, the samebeing spread out: and illustrating.'

the compact plate rholder andi4 associated parts;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary.l section al view through Figure 1on the line 2-2r l Figure 3 is a sectional-viewthrough Figure 2approximately on the line 3'--3;l

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3, except that the ring has beenldisengaged from the vanity case,l said view showing` a modifiedstructure to thatshown 'inf' Figure 3;

Figure 5 is ,Y tional view through Figure 4- on the line Figure G isdisclosing another form of the invention;`

Figure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary see.-

tional view through'Figure 6 on theline' Figure 8 is a perspective viewshowing certain parts of the ring illustrated in Figure 6 before theyare assembled;

An additional object is to 'pro-videa coin-Y an enlarged fragmentarysec-l a view similar to` Figures 4;,

Figure 9is a plan view of a vanity case showing a, modified structure tothat illustrated 1n Figure 1, the sameA illustrating a slightly modifiedform of compact plate redfto-be. folded thereover. An outer cap or'cover 3 is alsoy hinged at e to, body 1 and isa'dapted tocover member 2and come in contact withthe'sidewalls of body 1. The cap 13 is providedwith sidewalls 5 whichl preferably restagainst theside walls 6 whenythevanity case is closed. In order to hold the, compact plate 7 withits compact 8 in proper position in cap 3, al holding ring 9 isprovided.` This holding ring is provided with' depending flanges 10adapted to fric-p tionally engage andgpress against the innerl surfaceofthe upstanding flanges or walls 5 wherebythe ring is held in place.The compact plate 7, as shown in Figure 2, is

` placed beneath the ring 9 and held therein by ysuitable membershereinafter fully de,- scribed. If desired, the compact plate 7 could beplaced loosely in cap 3 and held against accidental, removal by the ringk9, as illus-j trated in Figures 10 and 12. A Howeverin the forms shownin Figures 1 and 2, ring 94 is provided with a hinge knuckle 11 in-Vserted into the hinge 4f and held iny place byA the usual hinge*` pintle12." The cap 3 is provided with `a catch 13 ofany desired structure, thesame lforming no part of theV presentinvention. In order to accommodatethis catch, a notch 14 isl formed in the ring so that the-ring mayvsnugly At within the wallsv 5. Bythis construction and arrange.

nient the ring 9, may begrasped andeswung around the pintle 12 so thatit may be moved away from the cap 3 but not disconnected therefrom. Asshown in Figure 8, the ring` 9 is provided with an upstanding flange 10bent over to produce a clamping flange 15. This flange is adapted tooverlap partially the plate 7 when properly arranged in the ring 9. Theflange 10 at each end is provided with a resilient extension 16 bent soas to grip the side walls of the plate 7 to resiliently hold the same inthe ring. rlfhe flanges 15 also in a certain sense pinch the plate asthe plate'snugly .fits beneath these flanges. In this way the plate isyieldingly and removably held in the ring. ldlhen it is desired toremove the plate and insert a new one the ring 9 is'swung to an openposition, as for instance, over body 1 and the plate 7 is pushed orpulled in a direction away from catch 13. This sliding movement readilydisconnects the plate from the flanges 15 and the locking spring members16. A. plate may then be slid back into the position shown in Figure 2,but if preferred, the plate could be reversed and the compact 8 causedto face in the opposite direction to that shown in Figure 2. IWhen thisis. done the compact plate will be seen when the parts are in theposition shown in Figure 1. To secure some ofthe compact 8 under theseconditions, it would be necessary to swing the ring 9, compact andassociated parts over against body 1, and after the compact has beenused 'it could then be swung back tol its former position. 'Ordinarilyhowever,

the parts arranged as shown in Figures '1 and 2 and Vare left `in thisposition until the compact 8 has been completely used. T hev ring 9 isthen swung to an open position, the old compact plate 7 removed vand anew filled compact plate inserted. Also, preferably part of the flange10 is pressed out forming a thumb member 1'? which is adapted to extendthrough a suitable notchV 18 in the wall 5 whereby the thumb orfingernail of a person may readily engage member 17 and swing ring 9 andassociated parts to an open position. The thumb member 17 is preferablyused in all forms of the invention inV order to give a desired swingingmovement tothe holding ring. In Figures 4 and 5 a slightly modifiedconstruction is disclosed wherein the wall 5 is not bent over to producethe flanges 15, but merely provided with extensions or ears 19 and 20underlapping the plate 7. It will be observed that in this form of theinvention, as well as in the forms shown in Figures 1 to 3, the wall 5is removed from the half of the ring adjacent the hinge knuckle 11.Thisis necessary in order that the plate 7 may. be slid into positionand removed from the ring. In Figures 6 and 7 a further modified form isshown wherein the construction is 'the same as shown in Figure 1,exceptthat the holding ears 21 and 22 are not integral With the wall 5as is the case with ears 19 and 20. Extending from the ears 21 and 22are spring retaining members 16 functioning identically with the members16. As shown in Figure 8, the ears 21 and 22 are each provided with adepending portion 23 mergingl into a flat or resilient portion 24soldered or otherwise rigidly secured to the ring 9 adjacent the wall 5.The spring 16 is an extension of wall 23 and is set to permit the plate7 to be readily inserted or removed but to clamp the plate and hold thesame in positionwhen the plate is being carried by the ring. In Figures11 and 12 inclusive a further modified form of the invention is shownwherein the ring 9 is provided with a wall 5 extending entirely aroundthe ring except for the notch 25 adapted to accommodate the catch 13 andthe hinge knuckle 11. This knuckle is formed preferably as an integralpart of the ring and is bent so that it will readily receive the pintle12 while permitting the wall 5 to slide within the walls of the cap 3.It will thus be seen that in the form of the invention shown in Figures11 and 12, for instance, the plate 7 is placed in thecap 3 loosely andthen the ring 9 forced over the same. As the wall 5 frictionally engagesthe walls of'cap 3 the ring is held properly in place and in turn holdsthe plate 7 and compact 8 in place. Tov remove thecompact plate it isonly necessary to engage the thumb member 17 and swing the ring 9 out ofthe way. The plate then'may'be readily dumped from the cap 8 and a newone substituted. After this has been done ring 9 is merely pressed backinto placev as shown in Figure 9; In Figure 6 the separate ears 21 and22 are used while in Figure 4 the ears 19 and 2O are formed integralwith the wall 5. In the preferred form of the invention the wall 5 isbent over for formingthe holding flanges 15. In all forms of theinvention the ring is hingedly mounted and also covers the edge of thecompact plate so that the finished and pleasing appearance of the uppersurface of the ring will be seen and not the compact plate.

lVhat I claim is 1. A vanity ease, comprising a body, a cap therefor, ahinge structure connecting the cap and body, said hinge structure havinga pintle, a compact plate holding ring formed with a hinge knucklesurrounding said pintle,

said knuckle being formedso that the holdv ingring may swing into andout of said body, said ring'having a fiat body adapted to receive acompact. a wall upstanding on said body for part of the perimeter of thebody, an inwardly-extending flange projecting from said wall. saidflange being substantial,- ly parallel with said body and coacting withsaid body and wall for preventing independ- Vand a projection at onepoint of said body,

said projection being provided with a loop acting as a hinge knucklewherebythe ring may be hingedly connected to the vanity case.

3. A compact plate holding ring for vanity cases, comprising a flat ringbody, a plurality of upstanding ywalls on one-half of said body, saidwalls having extending flanges which with the walls and the bodykpresent a U-shaped clamping structure 'for receiving part of thecompact plate, and

-. means on the diametrically opposite side of the center of said wallspresenting a hinge knuckle whereby the ring may be hingedly connectedwith the vanity case and swung intoand out of the case.

4. A holding ring for vanity cases, comprising a ring body, meansextending from the ring body at one point presenting a hinge knuckle,means extending from the ring body at a second point presenting grippingflanges for gripping the compact plate, and spring members forresiliently locking the compact plate on said ring.-

' 5. In a vanity case a compact holding ringy formed with a wall atcertain places presenting an L-shaped structure in cross-section andprovided with resilient holding members for holding a compact platesubstantially against thelunder surface of the ring and against said wal.

6. In a vanity case a holding ring provided with a body having aprojection extending therefrom at one point, said projection beingoffset to present a substantially Z-shaped formation and at the free endwith a loop presenting a hinge knuckle, said koffset permitting the ringto tit into a receptacle below the hinged knuckle, and means for holdinga compact plate to the backof said ring, said vmeans also acting tofrictionally hol-d the ring in a given position.

7. In a vanity casea compact plate holding ring comprising a ring bodyformed so that half of the body is at and the other half substantiallyU-shaped in cross-section, said U-shaped portion being adapted toreceive v part vof a compact plate and yieldingly hold the same againstthe entire ring body.

8. A compact holding ring Jfor vanity cases, comprising a ring bodyadapted to receive V'a compact, means extending from said bodypositionedY to overlap said compact and clamp the compact against saidbody, and resilient means positioned to act on the periphery of saidcompact to resiliently resist movement of said compact in one directionparallel to the surface of said kring, said means acting to preventmovement of said compact in the opposite direction, said firstmentionedmeans acting to also prevent movement of the compact away from said bodyaxially. f

9. vIn a holding ring for vanity cases, a

hinge knuckle, a flat apertured body connect ed with said knuckle and adepending portion depending from the body around part of the perimete:Vthereof, ksaid depending portion having a iange positioned to overlapa'compact placed on said body so as to prevent the compact from movingaway from the body axially, and means for holding said compact Yon saidbody so' thatit will be in engagement with said depending portion andsaid flange.

Signed at New York, inthe county of New York and State of New York this3rd day of May, A. D. 1928.

WILLIAM G. KENDALL.

